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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have this month installed Mandriver 2006 (4
CD's).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Things that worked on Mandrake 10.1 do
not work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Faults identified to date are:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1 Kmail will not send or
receive;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2 There is apparently a fault in
the mouse pointer in some menus on the screen;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3 The upgrade package manager
does not work properly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Somewhere in trying to get something going, while
in terminal command mode, I got a message to say that I had release 2006
(official) for i586 and Kernal 2.6.12-12mdk on an i686/tty1.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the kernal works only on an i686, then the
problem could be down to my pentium which is an Intell Pentium III (coppermine)
Family 6 stepping 3 etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I checked the relevant web site published by
Mandriver.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They say release 2006 is Ok for Pentiums
but not for 486, 386 etc. They expressly mention Pentum 4, 5 etc. But not
Pentium 1, 2 or 3 (mine). So I find this a bit ambiguous if not
confusing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anybody know about these things?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Incidentally, I tried initially to upgrade to
Mandriver 2006 from Mandrake 10.1. This had even more problems than my
installation. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Foster</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>